A few classic computer photos

At 4:33 PM -0500 11/5/09, Sridhar Ayengar wrote: A Nikon D700 or the equivalent Canon would blow anything away that most of us with a large format camera could afford. For that matter I can't afford the CFV-39 back I'd like for my Hasselblad (plus adapters are available for view cameras). More megapixels, lower ISO range, but I believe the dynamic range is a bit better. Check out the backs from Hasselblad, Phase One, Sinar and Leaf. Basically you'd best be making serious $$$'s from the camera or else be so rich you can afford to drop $40-60k on a toy. Even if you can afford one something like one of the Mamiya 645 camera's is likely to be a better target for the back, since I think they're about the only thing you can get a full frame back on. What would be interesting is to build a large format camera around a scanner (people have done that). What would be even more interesting is someone doing a kit for this. :-) I'll stick with film for the foreseeable future. If I get the chance to pick one up cheap enough I'll think about it. I recently passed on a 6MP back for $600 that I could have used on my Hasselblad and 4x5 camera, but only tethered to a vintage Macbook. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |